Voodoo Banshee Windows(r) 98 AGP Driver Kit
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Voodoo Banshee(tm) Driver kit: 1.01.03
Voodoo Banshee DirectX(r) Driver Version: 2.18
Voodoo Banshee Win9x 2D/3D Display Drivers: 4.10.01.0234-1.00
Voodoo Banshee Glide(tm) 2.X Driver: 2.60.00.0122
Voodoo Banshee Glide 3.X Driver: 3.10.00.0122
Voodoo Banshee Control Panel: 1.0.0.0027
Copyright ( 1998 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. )
All Rights Reserved
This product may be covered by one or more of the following
US patents: 5,724,561 5,740,343
NOTE: Use of this software is subject to the terms in the 3Dfx license agreement.
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What's in the distribution?
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This distribution contains Voodoo Banshee drivers, control panel for
Windows 98. The DirectDraw portion of the drivers supports Direct3D
when using DirectX 5.0
NOTE: DirectX 5.0 or 6.0 redistributable files should be used with these
drivers!
The DirectX redistributable files may be obtained from the following location.
HTTP://www.microsoft.com/directx/download.asp
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Installation
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Requirements
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- Windows 98
- PC with a Pentium, Pentium II, or Pentium Pro Processor and a free
AGP slot
- 16MB of RAM
Fresh Installation
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NOTE: Complete Steps 1 and 2 before removing your existing 2D card.
1) Extract the files for the Voodoo Banshee driver to a directory.
2) Before removing your existing 2D card switch the video driver to
Standard VGA. Click Start, Control Panel. Double-click on Display.
Select 640X480 and 16 colors. Accept the changes.
3) Power off the system and remove your existing 2D card.
4) Install the Voodoo Banshee Card in a free AGP Slot
5) Power on the system and verify that video appears during post.
6) Start Windows in Normal mode
(Once Windows starts you may be notified that no video device
exists, click Cancel if this message appears)
7) Windows will detect a new VGA Compatible Display. You need to click
the Next Button on the Detection Dialog Box and in the "Specify a
Location" field click the checkbox then enter the path to the Win98
directory in the drivers location.
8) You may then be prompted to insert the Windows 95 Voodoo Banshee Driver Disk.
Again, enter the path you specified in Step 1 and press OK.
9) Windows will copy the drivers. Reboot the system when prompted
Upgrade Existing Voodoo Banshee Drivers
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1) Start Windows 98
2) Extract the files for the Voodoo Banshee driver to a directory.
3) Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. Double-click on Display.
4) Click the Settings tab then click "Advanced Properties"
5) Then under "Change Display Type/Advanced Display" click "Change"
6) Click "Have Disk" and enter the path specified in Step 2 plus
the Win98 directory.
7) When asked to choose a device, select "3Dfx Voodoo Banshee"
8) You may then be prompted to insert the Windows 95 Voodoo Banshee Driver Disk.
Enter the path you specified in Step 2 again.
9) Windows will copy the drivers. Reboot the system when prompted.
Limitations
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Running 640x480 16 Color will run SUPERVGA.DRV or VGA.DRV. No Voodoo Banshee
features will be used. Switch to a different resolution or color depth.
Full windowed hardware acceleration with this version of the drivers is
only possible when running at 16bpp modes.
Troubleshooting
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Problem: After installing the card, the system still detects my old
card even though it is no longer in the system.
Resolution: See Step 2 of the "Fresh Installation" instructions.
Known Issues
1) Occasionally, when exiting Unreal, you come back to a black screen.
Your system has not crashed. (Workaround: Move the mouse around and
click to regain the desktop back again. To gain all colors back, right
click on the desktop to and select "Properties". Select the Tab for
"Settings". Change from your current display resolution to some other
resolution, then click back on your setting and hit "Apply". For
example: I am running at 800x600, I slide the bar to 640x480, then I
slide the bar back to 800x600 and click "Apply".).
2) When playing Quake/Quake2 changing resolutions after you've begun
the game may result in a crash, with the following error message,
"Server was Killed" (Workaround: Do not attempt to change resolutions,
once you've begun playing the game).
Installation Procedures for the following Games:
Unreal
1) Install Unreal.
2) Download 2 patches. From 3Dfiles, get "unrealpatch101.exe"
at http://www.3dfiles.com/patches/unreal.shtml. Then go to Epic's
Unreal site at http://unreal.epicgames.com/ and click on "Updates &
Patches" on the left and get the files entitled Version 209 Public
Beta (UnrealBeta209.zip)
3) Run the "unrealpatch101.exe" first by double clicking on it.
It will ask the location that Unreal was installed in. Type it in
or browse to it's directory (e.g. C:\Unreal).
4) Once that has completed, unzip the file "UnrealBeta209.zip"
into the directory C:\Unreal\System\ where C: is the drive you have
Unreal installed on.
5) Start Unreal through the Start Menu>Programs>Unreal>Play
Unreal.exe and when it prompts you if you have a 3Dfx card installed,
choose "Yes". When Unreal then tells you that "Unreal is only
compatible with Voodoo 1 and Voodoo 2 cards" and asks if you still
want to use your 3Dfx card, choose "Yes".
6) Play Unreal!
Quake
1) Install Quake.
2) Update Quake to latest version, 1.06. Obtain the patch
directly from iD Software, here
http://www.idsoftware.com/quake/index.html. The file is entitled
q101-106.zip
3) Patch your current version of Quake by unzipping the file
into your Quake directory. Overwrite any file and then run patch.exe
4) Obtain the GLQuake exectuable and patch from 3Dfiles.com at
http://www.3dfiles.com/patches/quake.shtml.
5) Run glq1114.exe and install all features.
6) Play Quake!
Quake2
1) Install Quake2.
2) Start the game. From the menu, select Video. For the
driver, choose 3Dfx OpenGL and hit apply.
3) Play Quake2!
Hexen2
1) Install Hexen2.
2) Start the game. From the menu, select Video. For the
driver, choose Default OpenGL and hit apply.
3) Play Hexen2!